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A Long Journey

A Long Journey

Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland By (author):

Left out of the national apology and reconciliation process begun in 2008, survivors of residential schools in Labrador and Newfoundland received a formal apology from the Canadian government in 2017. This recognition finally brought them into the circle of residential school survivors across Canada, and acknowledged their experiences as similarly painful and traumatic.

For years, the story of residential schools has been told by the authorities who ran them. A Long Journey... Read More

Left out of the national apology and reconciliation process begun in 2008, survivors of residential schools in Labrador and Newfoundland received a formal apology from the Canadian government in 2017. This recognition finally brought them into the circle of residential school survivors across Canada, and acknowledged their experiences as similarly painful and traumatic.

For years, the story of residential schools has been told by the authorities who ran them. A Long Journey helps redress this imbalance by listening closely to the accounts of former students, as well as drawing extensively on government, community, and school archives. The book examines the history of boarding schools in Labrador and St. Anthony, and, in doing so, contextualizes the ongoing determination of Indigenous communities to regain control over their children’s education.

As Atlantic Books Today reviewer Jenn Thornhill Verma explains, “Residential schools in Newfoundland and Labrador separated Inuit and Innu children from their families, communities and culture, with devastating consequences. While A Long Journey is authored by an anthropologist, it’s the voices of residential school survivors that make this book stand apart. Most of what was previously reported about these boarding schools came from the authorities who ran them: the Moravian Mission and the International Grenfell Association in Labrador (North West River, Cartwright, Makkovik, Nain) and Newfoundland (St. Anthony). But now, invited by the Newfoundland and Labrador Healing and Commemoration project (created by government and communities to support healing and reconciliation) to record survivor stories, Procter delivers the most thorough examination of its kind.”

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Book details

Page length: 528 Publication Date: 2020-09-21 Book themes: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies Publisher: ISER Books ISBN: 9781894725644 Language: English

Awards

  • Clio Prize (Atlantic) 2021, Winner
  • Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing 2021, Winner
  • Peter Cashin Prize 2021, Winner
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award 2021, Winner
  • The Honourable Edward Roberts History Book Award 2022, Short-listed
  • BMO Winterset Award 2021, Short-listed

K-12 teacher information

Curriculum Subject: English Curriculum Subjects, Social Studies (All), Social Studies - Canadian History, Social Studies - Indigenous StudiesReading Type: Advanced ReaderProvincial Focus: NLNL Cultural Connections: NL Cultural Connections Resource AcquisitionsEquity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Government Policy, Indigenous First-Hand Accounts, Indigenous Issues, Residential Schools, Indigenous Histories & Cultures, Inuit History & Culture, Residential Schools History, Female Author

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<p>Left out of the national apology and reconciliation process begun in 2008, survivors of residential schools in Labrador and Newfoundland received a formal apology from the Canadian government in 2017. This recognition finally brought them into the circle of residential school survivors across Canada, and acknowledged their experiences as similarly painful and traumatic.</p>
<p>For years, the story of residential schools has been told by the authorities who ran them. <em>A Long Journey</em> helps redress this imbalance by listening closely to the accounts of former students, as well as drawing extensively on government, community, and school archives. The book examines the history of boarding schools in Labrador and St. Anthony, and, in doing so, contextualizes the ongoing determination of Indigenous communities to regain control over their children’s education.</p>

Additional information

Weight 0.0018 kg
Dimensions 9.0 × 1.80 × 1.24 in